One Half Dark colour scheme halves the available colours to CMD.exe #18698

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opened 2026-01-31 06:21:43 +00:00 by claunia · 0 comments
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Originally created by @eggbean on GitHub (Oct 16, 2022).

Windows Terminal version

1.15.2713.0

Windows build number

10.0.22621.741

Other Software

gnu coreutils

Steps to reproduce

Set the One Half Dark colour scheme for CMD

Expected Behavior

The other colour scheme (not tested them all) have bold/bright and normal colours available for text. This is an example with Campbell:

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Actual Behavior

I assume that CMD.exe can only use 16 colours. However, when using the One Half Dark colour scheme, which I think looks best for CMD.exe, there seems to only be 8 different colours available to use. There are no bold/bright colours. They are the same as normal.

image

The reason I am disappointed about this is that I would like to use this colour scheme but also have different filetypes come up in different colours in gnu coreutils ls.exe LS_COLORS.

Maybe someone has made a modified version of this theme with bright colours?

Originally created by @eggbean on GitHub (Oct 16, 2022). ### Windows Terminal version 1.15.2713.0 ### Windows build number 10.0.22621.741 ### Other Software gnu coreutils ### Steps to reproduce Set the One Half Dark colour scheme for CMD ### Expected Behavior The other colour scheme (not tested them all) have bold/bright and normal colours available for text. This is an example with Campbell: ![image](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/815311/196019462-3e52ebca-1f25-4402-902c-0896988a6389.png) ### Actual Behavior I assume that CMD.exe can only use 16 colours. However, when using the One Half Dark colour scheme, which I think looks best for CMD.exe, there seems to only be 8 different colours available to use. There are no bold/bright colours. They are the same as normal. ![image](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/815311/196019418-8fd6d1f8-dc0e-4859-9ef4-c11d8078ae83.png) The reason I am disappointed about this is that I would like to use this colour scheme but also have different filetypes come up in different colours in gnu coreutils ls.exe LS_COLORS. Maybe someone has made a modified version of this theme with bright colours?
claunia added the Needs-TriageIssue-Bug labels 2026-01-31 06:21:44 +00:00
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Reference: starred/terminal#18698